It was a vast clearing, and the undulating shadows on it were the wreckage of Blossomham Castle.

The sunset that was about to sink to the horizon was just behind the wreckage of the castle, revealing a small half of his face, turning the background of the castle into a blood-red like life, this strange and brilliant color from far and near, towards Geer and his party, faintly across the clearing towards the forest, like a river of blood to the jungle, and finally had to stop under the shadow after breaking into the forest for a certain distance, just in front of the convoy.

There seemed to be an invisible dividing line in front of the convoy, one side dark and the other light, forming a road in front of Gehr that seemed to be formed by a river of blood, adding a bit of unknown weirdness.

A fork in the carriage appeared in front of it, the path that connected to the path on which they were traveling from the other direction, and converged at the fork in front of them, leading together to the ruins of the castle.

"Stop. When he reached the junction, Clemi, who was walking at the front, made a stop gesture backwards, and Dayi pulled the reins steadily, and the carriage soon came to a slow stop, and the horse did not neigh.

Klemi jumped off his horse, lay on the ground and examined it carefully for a while, and kept groping his hands on the ground until Gehr had taken his bow and arrows and crossed sword, and jumped out of the carriage to Clemi's side, and then he got back to his feet.

"Two groups of people, one of about ten or so, and one of about eight, came from the other side, and went to the castle, and the imprints were very new, and they had not been in for a long time, and there was no sign of coming out. It was all the hoof prints of horses, there were no wheel prints and no human footprints, not caravans, most likely bandits. Clemi spoke his mind.

"Go up the tree and look through a binocular. Gell took the telescope that Lucarin had handed out of the carriage and handed it to Clemy.

Clemi held the telescope in his mouth, found a tree that looked relatively stout, climbed up a few times, fixed his body, picked up the telescope and looked at the ruins of the castle.

"I only saw some horses tethered outside, but there was no sign of human movement, and this was the only way to leave the castle, and I should have stayed indoors. After a while, Clemi returned the way he came, and told Gehr what he had seen.

"Can you avoid it?" asked Gel, taking back the binoculars, calmly.

"Yes, we can go the way they came, but we miss this supply point, the next supply point is two days away from here, we don't have enough water, and the next few horses will have to give up. ”

Klemi was referring to several horses captured from the Black Flag bandits.

"Then give up. Gehr made his decision immediately, without the slightest delay.

"Very good, sir. ”

Once the decision was made, the direction of the convoy immediately changed and went in the other direction along the fork in the road.

The convoy soon left the confines of Brotham Castle. It continued for more than two hours before stopping with almost no way out.

They found a relatively open woodland on the side of the road, dragged the carriage into the clearing, laid horse stakes to fix the position of several horses, and cooperated with the carriage to surround everyone to form a temporary and simple small defensive camp.

One of the Brian brothers went to collect some dry wood and branches to light the fire, and the other set up an observation post around it to keep guard, and in a short time a bonfire was lit, and Gehr and the two girls took the ingredients, water, and cooking utensils from the carriage and began to prepare the food.

For a moment, the aroma filled the small makeshift camp.

After eating some toasted bread and hot pieces of meat in the broth, Gell quickly filled his stomach, picked up another steaming meal, and walked over to Date, who was on guard at the makeshift observation post.

About thirty meters east of the camp, Dayi hastily built a simple platform on a leafy tree near the edge of the clearing, and if you didn't get closer, you wouldn't have seen a person hiding here.

"Come down and get something to eat. ”

This is the second observation post that has been built, the first observation post is in the center of the camp, exactly opposite this observation post, after it is ready, Clemi has already gone there with food to guard, and Dayi has been busy with work, and before he has time to eat, Geer simply brought it to him.

The branches and leaves trembled a little, and a figure had scurried down the tree with agility, very nimble.

"Thank you, my lord. ”

Taking the food from Gehr, Date thanked him repeatedly.

"It's okay, you eat first, I'll watch it for you." ”

Gell didn't wait for Ida's answer, he climbed the tree and climbed to the platform in a few clicks.

The platform is very cleverly built, and the road they are coming from can be seen through the branches and leaves, which can warn people in advance of approaching.

After looking around and not seeing any movement, Gell turned to look towards the camp, where he could see Lukarin taking care of the aftermath by the campfire, and Iona was wrapping up a few improvised torches, waiting to light them and insert some around the camp to expand her line of sight.

As for the observation post on the other side, it is hidden in the shadows, and it is not visible at all from Gehr's side.

"It's so dreamlike. ”

Gehr looked up, and in front of him was an endless black canopy, dotted with blue points of light in the sky, just like the most beautiful evening dress of the legendary goddess of the night, like a psychedelic, which made Gehr feel a little stunned for a while.

Gehr sat quietly for a while, and pulled out a pendant from the clothes on his chest, which he had obtained before, and had remembered it since the last time he had met Bellive, so he found it and strung it with a string, and wore it as a necklace.

After playing for a while, a small sound suddenly came from beside him, and the next moment, Gehr saw Dayi appear in front of him, sitting on the other side of the platform.

"Dayi, what did you do in the past?" said Ger casually when he saw Dayi.

"When I was a child, I followed my father as a hunter, then I became a soldier, and now I am a mercenary. ”

"Oh, where to be a soldier?"

"Right here in Amlock, Klemi and I used to be scouts in the army, and fought in the Battle of Musalik, when His Royal Highness the Prince was our leader. ”

"I see. Gehr nodded, it must have been at that time that Fajellino met the Crane brothers and took them into his personal strength.

After being silent for a while, seeing that there was nothing on both sides to continue talking, Houger went directly down from the tree and walked in the direction of the camp.

After wandering around the camp a few times and finding nothing out of the ordinary, Gehr returned to the campfire and slipped into his sleeping bag, quickly falling asleep to the sound of dead branches bursting in the flames.

Rustle rustle......

A palpitation caused Gell to wake up from his dream.

Emerging from his sleeping bag, Gell noticed that the woodland had become a little eerie, and the wind had begun to blow all around, and some seeping sounds were constantly blowing in the branches and leaves.

"The wind is blowing. ”

Gell glanced around. His five senses had been used to the extreme, but he still didn't notice any dangerous animals approaching humans.

At this time, the horses tied to the stake also began to get restless, constantly neighing highly, shaking their heads to free themselves from the reins.

This movement also woke Iona, and like a female leopard, she quickly got out of her sleeping bag, and glanced around vigilantly, the bright dagger was already upside down in her right hand.

"Something wasn't right to wake Lucarin up. Gehr said in a deep voice.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps in the distance, and Gehr looked over, and it turned out that the Brian brothers also felt something was wrong and ran over.

"My lord, be careful, it could be a natural disaster!"

At this moment, the earth shook violently, even if it was a knight's skill, Gehr could only be brutally thrown to the ground in the face of this irresistible force of nature, and the Brian brothers who were running suddenly turned into a gourd rolling on the ground.

Fortunately, it was only a shock, and Gell relied on his superb skills to support his body at the first moment of the fall, and climbed up again in a half-squat, stabilized his balance, and by the way, grabbed Lucarin, who had just come out of the sleeping bag and was a little confused, and she was also caught off guard by the shock and fell to the ground.

In the woods not far away, a large flock of birds of different shapes began to fly wildly, chirping and shouting, and their voices seemed to be hurried and uneasy, flapping their wings desperately, and rushing into the air in panic.

"Is it an earthquake?"

A somewhat frightened Lucarin asked in a whisper.

"I don't know what to do. ”

Gehr shook his head, and there was silence around him, and his voice seemed to freeze, overwhelming his breath.

Taking advantage of this time, the Brian brothers and Iona also gathered.

"Let's go to the stake first, it would be nice to have a fixture. ”

Gel ran to a stake first, untied the reins of the horse, and let the somewhat panicked horses run away so that they would not be trampled on by the panicked horses.

Seeing Gehr's behavior, the others followed suit.

At this time, another strong palpitation hit, and Gerton suddenly felt bad, grabbed Lucarin, who was following him, and shouted, "Grab the stake, it's here again!"

The next moment, there was a dull roar in the earth, as if something was waking up, and then Gehr felt that all around him was bumpy and undulating, as if they had encountered a huge wave, and they were in the boat that was traveling in the great wave.

The leaves kept falling all around, and Lucarin couldn't help but let out a short scream.

An earthquake is coming!